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I report a week from Monday, and have a few doctor’s appointments and other things I need to do to be ready.

The good news, is that my blood sugar was much more stable this summer than last. I’m coming up on my 1 month pump aniversary, it’s about two weeks away. I only napped a few days, and those are days that for some reason I just couldn’t sleep. Last summer, I ended up napping almost every day, I’m sure from an elevated blood sugar.

Tomorrow is my gynecologist appointment. I’ll get a depo shot — speaking of which, it’s interesting because I’ve seen where it is not indicated for diabetes and I’ve seen where it is.

Frankly it works for me. Before depo (and I’ve been on it over 10 years), I had very painful cycles, and problems with mood swings. Also problems with acne. Now, about a week before my shot is due I break out — which is a good reminder. I don’t notice an elevated blood sugar after the shot, but sure did after a cortsone shot.

I suspect a pound or two of my weight and a bit of insulin resistance might be caused by the shots, but the benefits outweight the disadvantages.

Especially since I’m getting that “age”, they tell me I won’t even know when I go into menopause, which will be nice.

I actually ran Marcie fast enough to keep her entertained tonight and moving with me on two courses. It was a fun match, not a real trial.
AND the major breakthrough! After running 3 courses, I was able to run the JWW course TWICE in the 90 minutes we had in the ring.
The weather was absolutely gorgeous tonight. A thunderstorm had gone through and dropped the temperature down to probably the high 80’s. VERY cool for Dallas. It was overcast but a tad humid.

There is a teacher workshop in Arkansas that is a really good deal however, it’s scheduled the Friday and Saturday before we report.
So I’m going to fly Southwest, let them pick me up, and come back the next day.
It will be interesting to see how it goes. I’m going to put all meds, CPA machine, and pump supplies in a carry on. I need to make sure I meet TSA requirements to take the sharps (needles, lancets and insertation sets).

I’m starting to feel like I’ve had a productive summer.
I’ve gotten a good habit of working out every day, thanks to the help from iShape. I’ve even lost some weight, but man is it hard.
I’ve got a good handle on my blood sugar. It’s a lot more stable than it was last summer without that pump, that’s for sure.
I have all the work turned in for my master’s level class — we have a test this week and it will be done.
I’m still waiting to hear from the district on our district final, but I think that will be ready sometime next week and we should be able to sign off on it. Both looked good then.
I’ve gotten all the district required staff development done that I can, and even have the paperwork turned in on the AP workshop (did that this week). I still have 2 weeks of an online class to do on one, but I think I”m going to get the majority of that done by the end of the weekend. I have to do a lesson plan and turn it in for that.
I’ve gotten my websites all moved to the same server (with the same IP address). I even have most of my classroom website up, and I’ve started working on my lesson plans and other assignments.
I’ve got two full weeks before school starts. Maybe I’ll get to do some playing.